All Equipment articles – Page 98
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Hot potato
In the dredging business the impact of environmental and social factors can never be overlooked and there is no better example of these interests clashing with commercial and economic considerations than Port Phillip Bay, the conduit to the port of Melbourne.
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NewsWhat's happening where
The major European contractors Royal Boskalis Westminster, Van Oord, Jan de Nul and DEME, are estimated to share 60% of the global dredging market whilst contractors based in Asia and the US, namely Penta Ocean, Hyundai, Samsung and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, together with various regional and local players, ...
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Gottwald's golden geese
Besides strong MHC sales, Gottwald is reporting important milestones in the automated port technologies segment with the first ASC Automated Stacking Crane order and successful launch of the E-AGV series, the diesel-electric version of the diesel-hydraulic AGV Automated Guided Vehicle.
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NewsThe reclaim game
The rationale for capital and maintenance dredging is one thing but land reclamation is driven by an entirely separate set of criteria. Many ports still have little idea of the economics involved and so don''t even consider reclamation.
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NewsPolitics never far away
As container ships get bigger, as LNG projects proliferate, as ports compete for traffic, inevitably the call to deepen approach channels, harbours and berths grows louder. And in some cases, so do the howls of protest. Nick Elliott reports.
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NewsBromma selected by APMT
Bromma is to supply APM Terminals 34 Marathon YSX45E electric spreaders for the new automated container terminal under development on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, Va.
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NewsAll for one and one for all
The world''s most powerful self-propelled ocean-going cutter suction dredger was christened in Dunkirk recently.
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NewsLiebherr's LRS 645 reaches east
As part of Saigon New Port''s expansion of its Cat Lai Container Terminal in Ho Chi Minh City, Liebherr is to supply two LRS645 reachstackers.
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VISY
The manpower required for conventional lashing of trailers on a typical North Sea freight ro-ro is 32. However, utilising the IPSI Trailer Trestle system this figure is reduced to just 10. With the high cost of port workers and seamen in northern Europe, the savings are significant, says TTS.LPR(License Plate ...
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The manpower required for conventional lashing of trailers on a typical North Sea freight ro-ro is 32. However, utilising the IPSI Trailer Trestle system this figure is reduced to just 10. With the high cost of port workers and seamen in northern Europe, the savings are significant, says TTS.A new ...
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TECON SUAPE
ICTSI''s Tecon Suape has spent US$17m for the purchase of two new postPanamax quay cranes and two RTGs from ZPMC, and the construction of a 30,000-square meter storage area.
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VANTAGE OPS/TIDEWORKS
Meanwhile, Suria Capital Group, owner of Sabah Ports, has also engaged Kalmar Asia to provide consultancy to another subsidiary, SP Satria, to improve support services to the port through a training and consultancy agreement.Vantage OPS and Tideworks have integrated Vantage performance management software with Mainsail Terminal Management System to provide ...
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Mooring Systems remains optimistic
Despite failing to secure a shipto-ship mooring equipment contract with the US Navy, Christchurch-based Mooring Systems remains optimistic about its future. Mooring Systems'' ceo Peter Montgomery says the company has 20 prospective deals before it and seven patent applications under consideration. Current projects include trials at Salalah and Dover, ongoing ...
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KCI KONECRANES
For the oil and gas industry Strainstall specialises in the design of Quick Release Hooks and custom-built multi sensor mooring load monitoring, jetty management and vessel approach systems.KCI Konecranes has acquired a majority shareholding in Zaporozhcrane, the leading crane manufacturing company in Ukraine. The investment amounts to approx. €3m.
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NewsP&O opts for Kalmar service package
P& O Ports has signed a service contract with Kalmar for the provision of preventative and breakdown maintenance, engineering support and spare parts supply for the 20 ESC 7th generation straddle carriers operating at its new Antwerp Gateway terminal. The contract, based on a fixed hourly rate, is for 8,000 ...
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NewsThe Port of Cork
The Port of Cork has ordered a new pilot launch to be built by Cobh based Safehaven Marine.
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Strainstall wins jetty contracts
Strainstall has won US$6m of orders for its berth monitoring systems and Quick Release Hooks for new LNG terminals, new and refurbished oil facilities and ore terminals.
